Michael Ibba, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Co-Director, CMBP Predoctoral Training Program
Mike Ibba obtained an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Imperial College in London and then went on to complete PhD work in the field of microbial biochemistry at the University of Manchester. After graduating he undertook both industrial and academic post-docs in Switzerland and the US before going on to set up his own independent research group. After starting out as a faculty member in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mike moved to the Department of Microbiology at Ohio State University where he has been since 2001.
Whitney completed her B.S. in Biochemistry at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX and she went on to earn her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She is interested in studying bacterial persister cells and how the aminoacyl-tRNA syntheses influence persistence.
Paul Kelly
Graduate Student, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program
Paul completed his B.S. in Biology at Robert Morris University and earned his M.S. in Biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in studying the physiological ramifications of mistranslation. Go Steelers!
Rodney Tollerson II
Graduate Student, Microbiology
Graduate Enrichment Fellow
Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Program Fellow
Presidential Fellow
Rodney Tollerson completed his bachelor’s degree at University of Arizona. He is interested in deciphering the mechanism and purpose of EF-P interaction within the translational complex.
Nien-Ching Han
Graduate Student, Microbiology
Nien-Ching Han completed her bachelor’s degree in National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. She is interested in studying non-protein amino acids stress response in bacteria.
Arundhati Kavoor
Graduate Student, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program
Arundhati completed her B.S. in Biotechnology at Christ University, India and earned her M.S. in Biotechnology at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. She is interested in studying translational quality control during stress responses.
Mary Agnes Cranley
Graduate student, Microbiology
Mary completed her B.S. in Microbiology at Ohio Wesleyan University. She is interested in studying the mechanism and rational for different modification states of EF-P.